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According to the manual on the Dell support site, it is Ctrl and F11 function key:<br />
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<a href="http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins1501/en/om_en/html/trouble.htm#wp1064167" rel="ugc">http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins1501/en/om_en/html/trouble.htm#wp1064167</a><br />
Using Dell PC Restore by Symantec
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According to the manual on the Dell support site, it is Ctrl and F11 function key:

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins1501/en/om_en/html/trouble.htm#wp1064167 [http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins1501/en/om_en/html/trouble.htm#wp1064167]
Using Dell PC Restore by Symantec

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Ive tried so many times to no avail. <br />
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Im double checking it has an EISA partition by booting with an XP CD.<br />
Will report back <br />

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Ive tried so many times to no avail.

Im double checking it has an EISA partition by booting with an XP CD.
Will report back


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It has vista.<br />
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It has<br />
-: Partition1 Fat 110 mb<br />
d: Partition2 (recovery) NTFS &nbsp;<br />
c: Partition3 &lt;os&gt; ntfs &nbsp;<br />

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It has vista.

It has
-: Partition1 Fat 110 mb
d: Partition2 (recovery) NTFS  
c: Partition3 <os> ntfs  


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Tried 15 times.<br />
Im hitting CTRL then f11<br />
and constantly tapping it<br />
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just boots to windows :-(<br />
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Tried 15 times.
Im hitting CTRL then f11
and constantly tapping it

just boots to windows :-(



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External KB time<br />

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arixsin thanks. I Was so close to using a reinstall DVD which = wayn. &nbsp;Download missing drivers etc. <br />
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arixsin thanks. I Was so close to using a reinstall DVD which = wayn.  Download missing drivers etc.



1501 Inspiron - to reinstall the op sys from the EISA boot sector - what f* keys?

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